Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Southeast Asia Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia that began in 1959 and ended in April 1975. The war was between communist North Vietnam, supported by communist allies, and South Vietnam, bolstered by the US.
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This answer will require research from future historians, because the duty of FORWARD OBSERVERS (FO's) "During the Vietnam War",...
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it was effected by the ho chi min trail. this ran through vietnam, laos and cambodia and was the vietcongs lifeline. they used it...
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Discrimination against US Viet War Veterans was widespread. The best source would be looking at the US Anti-discrimination law...
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The "Cold War" was a battle against communism. North Vietnam was a communist country trying to take over South Vietnam which was...
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The Fall of Saigon, the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese army on April 30 1975
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Was closed in 1993 as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. The base has since been designated by the EPA...
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Diem's government was strongly ANTI-Communist, but authoritarian & Nepotistic (family members held government positions).
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Changed the adult age from 21 to 18; created the all volunteer military.
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Artillerymen fired: 105mm and 155mm field guns; 155mm and 175mm SPGs (Self Propelled Guns).US Tankers fired: 90mm cannons (M48...
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There was no "dictator" of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam North Vietnam) was led by Ho Chi...
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For a start, obtain the book titled, "VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton
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Every branch of service has their own Military Occupational Specialties (MOS's). Only a very few examples follow, for the Vietnam...
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NVA tanks captured the South on 30 April 1975. However, under the Ford administration, US military forces had to recapture the...
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The war started in 1965 and ended in 1975. So about 33 years from the end or 43 years from the begining.
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The Republic of South Vietnam was threatened with a physical take over by Communist led North Vietnam, and the US responded by...
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The US went to war with Communist NORTH Vietnam to prevent them from conquering South Vietnam.
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When WWII ended in 1945, France attempted a return to Indo-chino and by 1946, the Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh were engaged in...
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Try: The American War Library.
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Hate, discontent, sarcasm.
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Hot battle of the cold war.
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The US did NOT formally declare against North Vietnam.
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The US feared that if Communism took over Vietnam it would spread and slowly take over the world. damien streeter
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Diem was assassinated in 1963 (the same year that Kennedy was assassinated).
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Australian maintained a troop level of approximately 8,000 men in Vietnam during the war.
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The long term effect in the US has been the abolishment of the draft and the ALL VOLUNTEER army that replaced it. And the US...
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Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Soldiers, and Goast Guardsmen, fought in country, during the Vietnam War.
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The build up of communism in that part of the world (South East Asia).
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The creation of the communist backed country of North Vietnam AND it's intentions of conquering it's southern neighbor.
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Initially, President Kennedy, then escalated by President Johnson. It shoud be noted however that when Kennedy took office in...
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In 1969, when President Nixon took office.
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One of the consequences of fighting in Vietnam, besides the normally accepted consequences such as casualties, destruction,...
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Hubert Humphrey was the Vice President of President Johnson.
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First off, they dropped 2 atomic bombs in world war 2 not in the veitnam war. They dropped them because that was the only way...
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From November 1, 1955 - May 12-15, 1975.
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President Kennedy is generally given credit, by sending in the US Special Forces (Green Beret) in 1961.
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The French fought the Vietnamese Communists from 1946 until 1954, this was the first Indo-China War or the French War. The US...
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During the war, the attempt was to prevent another free country from joining the communist ranks. After the war, the US military...
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Far to many
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If the question is referring to President Johnson's aerial "bombing halts", history should remember that President Johnson wanted...
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Unable to stop the flow of communist men and material from entering South Vietnam and with the support from it's own citizens...
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There is no specifics, no "true" number counted. "Body counts" were entirely faulty. Soldiers would count the number of "bodies"...
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Obtain the book titled, "VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton.
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It became the low point in US Military morale, and the re-birth of the Will to Win by US commanders.
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By the end of the war, approximately 2,594,000 US Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen had served IN COUNTRY,...
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Ho Chi Minh until 1969....he's probably the one your thinking of
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When President Nixon took office in 1969.
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Should the military draft be abolished was a very large political issue. Should ROTC operations continue to be utilized on...
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Recommend researching: Statistics About The Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
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The capitol of Vietnam is Hanoi.
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The Vietnam War was a "HOT" battle of the "COLD WAR".
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The United States experienced two eras of massive "anti-war" protesters: The US Civil War and Vietnam War; both of which were...
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More than 58,000 American soldiers lost their lives during the Vietname War.
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Canada Did not send troops to Vietnam.
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Troops moving overland can be seen. If seen, they can be destroyed. Consider it, if you will, like submarine warfare; instead...
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Diem was assassinated.
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There are more deaths on the highway in one year than the total amount of deaths in the Viet-Nam era.
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France withdrew from Vietnam in 1954.
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Most historians accept 1961 as the starting date.
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As in almost ALL US wars, the US military contracted with civilians to go over seas and do work. During WWII when US Wake Island...
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The Vietnam War didn't stop communism, it stalled them for awhile. TIME; with the exceptions of Communist (Red) China and North...
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Diem until '63. Thieu until the end.
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President Diem was strongly ANTI-COMMUNIST.
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Recommend researching: The American War Library.
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Yes most countries participating had a military draft law in operation.
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the American war
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Mr. Morse was a noted critic of the Vietnam War.Gulf of Tonkin violated Article 1 of the Constitution, requiring Congress to...
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Guerrilla war: '55-'64Conventional war: '64-'75
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The Vietnam War and the 1960's did create some classic music; which is directly influencing today's 21st century TV commercials....
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US Infantrymen were alittle more at risk at becoming a casualty, than their WW2 fore fathers; by virtue of the helicopter...which...
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i think people not like war because people Vietnam died .
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His biggest speech took place in Phnom Penh, on September 29 1977.
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Stanton has been described as difficult to work with, and there might have been some personality conflicts; Johnson wanted to...
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1954-End of French Indochina War 1956/1957-North Vietnamese MIG-17 Pilots begin training in Soviet Union/Red China 1973-US...
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Escalated the Vietnam War from a guerrilla war into a conventional war against North Vietnam.
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they tended to flee to Canada
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During the TET offensive of 1968.
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Every able bodied (healthy) US male between the ages of 18 or (19) and 26 (depending upon the needs of the service) had to...
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For the most part, President Ford gave them a pardon.
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Most people accept the spread of communism as the prime cause of the Vietnam War, a battle of the cold war.
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No. The North wanted the South, and they took it.
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Men & material infiltrated into South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. To train South Vietnamese soldiers
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The common term was "carpet bombing." Carpets cover a person's whole floor in their homes correct? Well the term carpet bombing...
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Park Chung-Hee
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